Apalachee language
E311169
The Apalachee language is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Apalachee people of the Florida Panhandle, belonging to the Muskogean language family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apalachee language canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muskogean language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Spanish missions in North America
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish missions in Florida
|
| category |
Extinct languages of North America
ⓘ
Indigenous languages of the Southeastern United States ⓘ Muskogean languages ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Alabama language
ⓘ
Chickasaw language ⓘ Choctaw language ⓘ Hitchiti language ⓘ Koasati language ⓘ Mikasuki language ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedBy | Spanish missionaries ⓘ |
| documentedIn | 17th-century Spanish mission records ⓘ |
| endonym | Apalachi ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Apalachee people ⓘ |
| extinction | 18th century ⓘ |
| glottocode | apal1257 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Apalachee ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Apalache
ⓘ
Apalachi language ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
complex verb inflection ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ prefixes and suffixes ⓘ verb-heavy morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization (reconstructed)
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory (reconstructed) ⓘ vowel length distinctions (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Spanish colonial period in Florida
ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | xap ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Eastern Muskogean
ⓘ
surface form:
Apalachee–Alabama–Koasati subgroup
Macro-Gulf (proposed) ⓘ Muskogean languages ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Eastern Muskogean ⓘ |
| linguisticDocumentationStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| region | Florida Panhandle ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Apalachee people ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication among Apalachee people
ⓘ
ritual and ceremonial contexts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Apalachee
ⓘ
surface form:
Apalachee Province
|
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.